Click on Image to EnlargeU.S. Tanker Award Date Becomes More Uncertain -- Reuters
(Reuters) - The target date for the much-delayed award of a possible $50 billion U.S. Air Force refueling-plane deal just got murkier, and potentially more politicized.
No longer is mid-November necessarily the moment of truth in the rematch pitting Chicago-based Boeing Co(BA.N) against Airbus parent EADS(EAD.PA), its European rival.
"The decision will be in the fall," Lt. Col. Jack Miller, an Air Force spokesman, told Reuters Friday. "What I gave you is the latest, and corrects and clarifies any previous statements."
"Fall" means potentially as late as Dec. 20, according to the calendar.
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